If Britain were properly governed, Keir Giles would still be “institutionalized in the Ministry of Defence” as he tells me. But Britain is in a mess, and one sign of this is that he is out of public service and able to describe its…
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Passengers to enjoy cleaner travel between UK and Europe
- world’s first ‘green shipping corridors’ to be created between the UK and Europe, accessing prime destinations like Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen and Dublin
- up to £9 million investment to decarbonise shipping and…
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What to know as Biden heads for farewell trip to Germany : NPR
President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) arrive for the official Group of Seven summit welcome ceremony at…
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What’s Driving a Bigger BRICS and What Does it Mean for the U.S.?
BRICS leaders Russia and China aim to construct an alternative to Western-led security and financial architectures and see expanding the group as an important step to that end. USIP’s Adam Gallagher and Andrew Cheatham…
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Understanding Türkiye’s Entanglement With Russia
This paper is part of a series of four publications in a project run by the Carnegie Endowment’s Türkiye and the World Initiative, analyzing the forces at play in the Euro-Atlantic area since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on…
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The rising threat of synthetic opioids in Europe
Host Vanda Felbab-Brown speaks with Dr. Alex Stevens, criminology professor at the University of Sheffield, about the emerging threat of synthetic opioids in Europe, particularly fentanyl and nitazenes. Stevens argues that the greater…
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National and transboundary contributions to surface ozone concentration across European countries
We analyze the country-level O3 production relative to the imported O3 over Europe. We begin with a detailed evaluation of the simulated O3 over Europe. The source contribution results are introduced with an overview of the mean contributions…
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The Impending Betrayal of Ukraine
The new NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, lost no time in visiting Kyiv after he assumed office, where he ‘pledged continued support for Ukraine in its war with Russia’. Doubtless his words were sincerely intended, but he knows there are…
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The housing crisis in Europe: key facts and EU action (infographics) | Topics
How affordable is housing in Europe: key statistics
One way to measure whether housing costs are too high is to look at the housing price-to-income-ratio. If housing costs are above 40% of disposable income, it is a sign that households face…
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Ukrainian journalist who chronicled Russian occupation dies in prison
Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent
BBCViktoriia Roshchyna was detained last year while reporting in Russian-occupied Ukraine Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 in a part of Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces.
It took nine…
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